Photo ID: 113245 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 8 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 6064 just passed another green intermediate as it gets close to the south end of the "Castle Rock Corridor", where Main 1 parallels I-25 for a little over eight miles south of Castle Rock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113244 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 12 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF The Frontage Road on the west side of I-25 is currently closed due to construction of the Crystal Valley Parkway bridge, just visible in the distance. A southbound BNSF coal load rolls by the south end of the closure, which has been in place for over a year at this point. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 113243 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 19, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Castle Rock, CO 10 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Just south of Castle Rock, there is a bridge being built across I-25, the Frontage Roads on both sides of I-25, and Main 1. This is a continuation of the road Crystal Valley Parkway. As you can see in this picture, the bridge itself has been built. But there is still a lot of work to come as interchanges with I-25 are going to be built. The frontage road on the west side of I-25 is closed and has been completely torn up in places, but will eventually be reopened. The entire project is expected to be completed in 2027. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112760 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Douglas County, CO 328 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF This is a spot that I have thought about shooting at, but I never got around to it until today! Love the wall of trees that this southbound unit coal train is passing as it cuts into the 1.2% grade. Uncountable thousands of coal trains have passed this way since the Powder River Basin really started mining in the mid-to-late 1980s. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 112759 Date Shot Photo By Monday, July 14, 2025 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock to Larkspur Douglas County, CO 308 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A southbound coal load parallels I-25 just north of Larkspur. Main 1 sticks pretty close to I-25 from Castle Rock to the I-25 exit for Larkspur. There, the highway continues over the ridge to Greenland, while the tracks cut through Larkspur, keeping the grade to roughly 1.2%. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111161 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 262 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, CSX An ES44AC, an SD70MAC, and two AC4400CWs lead a southbound unit ethanol train on Main 1 of the Joint Line, just south of Castle Rock. CSX blue looks mighty nice on this clear day, and is a welcome change from the usual railroad colors found in Colorado. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 111160 Date Shot Photo By Friday, October 4, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) Union Pacific, CSX CSX 938, leading a unit ethanol train, cross over West Plum Creek Parkway in Castle Rock, right by the I-25 interchange. Both West Plum Creek Parkway here, along with the bridge, were built roughly 15 years ago. The tracks had a minor realignment as the bridge was built. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110157 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Castle Rock Douglas County, CO 283 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Even with the reduction in the demand for coal, coal trains still dominate the Joint Line. So, it is nice to come across a non-coal train! Such is the case with this baretable intermodal train. You'd typically think of a string of empty well cars when referring to a baretable. But in this case, all of the trailers and containers on this train are empty. Just be repositioned to San Bernardino, CA. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 110156 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, January 21, 2024 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 321 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF An ES44DC and an ES44C4 lead a southbound intermodal train over West Plum Parkway in Castle Rock alongside I-25. This scene changed fairly significantly in 2011 when West Plum Parkway was actually built. Prior to that, there was no bridge (for the tracks) in this scene. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109924 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 272 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Several years ago, UP did some preliminary work to upgrade Main 2 on the Joint Line to CTC. However, progress seemed to drop off and the track is still controlled by Track Warrants and Automatic Block Signals. If you look on the opposite side of this northbound BNSF manifest, you can see an intermediate signal. But note the signal head for southbound is point 90° to the right as it is not currently operational. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109923 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 340 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Main 2 crosses from the east side to the west side of I-25 on the northwest side of Castle Rock. BNSF's Kansas City to Denver manifest is crossing the busiest freeway in Colorado. The auto racks on the head end of the train will be set out at Big Lift, just south of Littleton. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109913 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, December 17, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed South of Castle Rock Douglas County, CO 314 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF A C44-9W in Heritage 2 paint leads a southbound Q-train (which happens to be a mixed freight and intermodal combined) runs south parallel to I-25 south of Castle Rock. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109650 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 315 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF At first glance, this might appear to be a southbound on Main 2 on the Joint Line, just south of Castle Rock. However, it is in fact a northbound that has three DPUs on the tail end. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109649 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 293 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF BNSF 9798 still sports the "green and cream" paint scheme that Burlington Northern adopted in the early 1990s, shortly before the BNSF merger. If you look at the nose, you'll see a slight discoloration. This is where the "BN" herald was once located. After the merger, it was covered up. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture. Photo ID: 109648 Date Shot Photo By Sunday, October 15, 2023 Kevin Morgan Location Times Viewed Castle Rock Castle Rock, CO 282 (Add a Comment) Subdivision Railroad Colorado Springs (UP)/Pikes Peak (BNSF) BNSF Northbounds are stacking up on the Joint Line at Castle Rock! The crew on this military train "died" (not literally...they reached 12 hours on the clock and can no longer operate their train) at 12:30pm. 2 1/2 hours later and there is no relief crew on the horizon just yet. The BNSF coal empty is stuck, and four additional trains further south also have nowhere to go until the military train can start rolling again. Email Questions or Comments to the Webmaster or add a comment to the picture.

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